SF Tidbits for 11/22/08

• Interviews & Profiles:
  • @SCI FI Wire: Joe Abercrombie (Last Argument of Kings).
  • @Tor: Lou Anders profiles Sean Williams.
• Speaking of Sean Williams, Concept Sci-fi has posted some Sean Williams excerpts from Saturn Returns, Earth Ascendant and The Grand Conjunction.
• Free Fiction [courtesy of QuasarDragon]:
  • @Manybooks: “The Last American” by J.A. Mitchell. (1889)
  • Audio Fiction:
    • @The Classic Tales Podcast: Part 2 of 2 of “The Machine Stops” by E.M. Forster, read by B.J.
    • @Pseudopod: “Deep Red” by Floris M. Kleijne, read by Ben Phillips.
    • @Well Told Tales: “I Used To Love Her” by Theodore Carter, read by Steve Anderson.
• Tobias Buckell health update: Thankfully, the issue seems to much less severe and he’ll go home in the morning. Excellent news! [via Jason Sanford]
• Lynn Viehl offers writers this handy Devil’s Writing Dictionary, Parts One and Two.
• Jay Garmon has tweaked his formula for rescuing short fiction based on feedback from SF Signal’s posting of his original idea.
• File 770 Sez: “John King Tarpinian is helping Ray Bradbury invite people to wish Forry Ackerman a happy birthday on camera at Mystery and Imagination Bookshop on November 22.”
• Craig Freudenrich, Ph.D. examines science fiction’s faulty science in his article How Sci-fi Doesn’t Work.
• Attention Buffy fans: Great White Snark informs us that Amazon is selling Buffy The Vampire Slayer – Collector’s DVD Set (all 7 season) for $70.
• Lists:
  • Robert J. Sawyer lists Major Multiple-Book SF/F Authors Living in or Near Toronto.
  • Mary Robinette Kowal lists 4 Fantastic Films That Aren’t Quite Fantasy.
  • Topless Robot lists The 5 Reasons Padmé Amidala Is a Complete Idiot.

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